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The title of Nikator is, I believe, unknown as belonging to an 

 Antiochus. I have also a hemidraclinia of Nikias ; and Mr. Bayley 

 and I have each a hemidrachma of Diomedes, but of different types. 



" Of Hindú coins I may mention that Mr. Bayley has a gold speci- 

 men of JPravarasena of Kashmir, and that I have several specimens 

 in copper of Mihira Tcula, and one specimen of Hiranya huía and one 

 of Gokarna. These coins prove that Professor Lassen's arrangement of 

 the Kashmir dynasties is untenable. I have also a fine specimen of 

 Tribhuvana Grupta's coinage. 



" Of Indo-Scythian coins the finest specimens are in gold. One has 

 a male figure standing beside a horse with the legend APOOACÜO, 

 'the divine steed.' The figure is like that of MXIPQ, Mihir, or 

 the sun, to whom the horse was sacred. Another coin has a figure 

 standing full face with the legend MAACHNO, that is Mahásena. 

 Another coin has two figures both standing to the front with the 

 legend CKANAO KOMAPO BIZArO— that is Skanda-lmmára, Visá- 

 hlia. Now Mahásena, Skanda, Kumára, and Visákha are all titles of 

 Kárttikeya, the god of war — and I believe that these coins give us 

 the earliest notices of this god. 



" By a late paragraph in one of the Calcutta newspapers, I see that 

 the Asiatic Society are anxious to part with some of the duplicate 

 coins of the Stacy collection. I propose therefore to exchange some 

 of my duplicates with the Society. For this purpose I have sent off 

 a packet of coins to your address — all labelled and priced, as per 

 accompanying list — from which the Society can select such coins as 

 they may wish to possess to the extent of 800 Es. in exchange for a 

 number of the Society's coins, which I have selected from the Stacy 

 collection as per accompanying list. I think that you will find a very 

 great variety amongst the coins which I send down — and some most 

 beautiful and rare specimens. Amongst them are specimens of the 

 Indo-Scythians AP0OACIIO and CKANAO KOMAPO. 



List of Coins for Sale or Exchange. 



Metal. 

 O. S. C. Persia. Es. As. P. 



10 Daric, 30 



3 Darics, ..., 15 



3 i' 2 



